In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, a tragedy that revolves around two star-crossed lovers, multiple people die ,among the people who die in this play is the prince’s kinsmen and main character ,Romeo’s, best friend ,Mercutio. Romeo goes to a party at the Capulet’s house ,in which he meets Juliet. Tybalt recognizes Romeo while at the party and wants to fight him. He is embarrassed when Lord Capulet won’t let him fight Romeo ,since it would end in their deaths. Tybalt is so embarrassed that he goes to Romeo the next day to brawl with him but Romeo is not home when Tybalt gets there. Mercutio and his friend Benvolio are there though. Mercutio taunts Tybalt. Since Tybalt is so easily angered, this starts a duel that ends in Mercutio’s
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He is the one that fought with Mercutio, starting the brawl between the people of the house of Montague’s and Capulet’s that were there. It was Tybalt that stabbed Mercutio under the arm of Romeo. Tybalt gets the most blame from most characters because he was the one who killed Mercutio. One person some people wouldn’t think to blame for Mercutio’s death is Mercutio himself. Before the brawl began, he taunted Tybalt ,calling him the “king of cats” (Shakespeare, 1597) then keeps referring to him as a cat ,threatening to “take one of your (Tybalt’s) nine lives”. Mercutio is a person who doesn’t take much seriously, but takes offense on the way Tybalt treats Mercutio just because he hangs out with Romeo, so Mercutio treats Tybalt harshly as well. Mercutio played that dangerous game, knowing how much of a hot-head Tybalt is. The person that is the most responsible for Mercutio’s death is Mercutio. Tybalt is the one that reacted to Mercutio’s taunting as well as being the one that stabbed him, but Mercutio is the one who taunted Tybalt, knowing how much of a hot-head he is also how he would react. Romeo is the one that Tybalt was there for but he tried to calm down the situation while Mercutio riled everyone up more. These reasons lead me to believe that Mercutio himself is the person most responsible for his own
He is the one that fought with Mercutio, starting the brawl between the people of the house of Montague’s and Capulet’s that were there. It was Tybalt that stabbed Mercutio under the arm of Romeo. Tybalt gets the most blame from most characters because he was the one who killed Mercutio. One person some people wouldn’t think to blame for Mercutio’s death is Mercutio himself. Before the brawl began, he taunted Tybalt ,calling him the “king of cats” (Shakespeare, 1597) then keeps referring to him as a cat ,threatening to “take one of your (Tybalt’s) nine lives”. Mercutio is a person who doesn’t take much seriously, but takes offense on the way Tybalt treats Mercutio just because he hangs out with Romeo, so Mercutio treats Tybalt harshly as well. Mercutio played that dangerous game, knowing how much of a hot-head Tybalt is. The person that is the most responsible for Mercutio’s death is Mercutio. Tybalt is the one that reacted to Mercutio’s taunting as well as being the one that stabbed him, but Mercutio is the one who taunted Tybalt, knowing how much of a hot-head he is also how he would react. Romeo is the one that Tybalt was there for but he tried to calm down the situation while Mercutio riled everyone up more. These reasons lead me to believe that Mercutio himself is the person most responsible for his own